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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 185, NWS Morristown, TN
NWS Morristown, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 8, 2008, 3:06 PM EDT for Greene County, Tennessee. It was in force for 39 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 8, 2008, 3:06 PM EDT (19:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 8, 2008, 3:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Morristown, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Greene County, TN
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 265 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2216 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -48 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 755 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Morristown, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 8, 2:46 PM EDT, 20 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 8, 2:46 PM EDT, 20 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 8, 1:16 PM EDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 116 PM EDT TUE JUL 8 2008 TNZ035-036-067-081800- ANDERSON-MORGAN-ROANE- 116 PM EDT TUE JUL 8 2008 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE AFFECTING ANDERSON...MORGAN AND ROANE COUNTIES... AT 113 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES NORTH OF KINGSTON...MOVING EAST AT 14 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... OAK RIDGE BY 200 PM EDT. DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. IN ADDITION TO SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES PRIMARY KILLERS. REMEMBER... IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. DGS
Special weather statement, Jul 8, 1:22 PM EDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 122 PM EDT TUE JUL 8 2008 VAZ002-081745- WISE- 122 PM EDT TUE JUL 8 2008 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE AFFECTING WISE COUNTY... AT 117 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR JENKINS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. IN ADDITION TO SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES PRIMARY KILLERS. REMEMBER... IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. DGS
Special weather statement, Jul 8, 1:26 PM EDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 126 PM EDT TUE JUL 8 2008 NCZ060-061-081830- CHEROKEE-CLAY- 126 PM EDT TUE JUL 8 2008 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE AFFECTING CHEROKEE AND CLAY COUNTIES... AT 122 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MURPHY...MOVING EAST AT 17 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... MURPHY BY 150 PM EDT. 5 MILES NORTH OF HAYESVILLE BY 225 PM EDT. 5 MILES SOUTH OF ANDREWS BY 230 PM EDT. DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. IN ADDITION TO SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES PRIMARY KILLERS. REMEMBER... IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. DGS
Local storm report, Jul 8, 2:10 PM EDT, 56 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Morristown, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 1:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Morgan, Roane | 23 min |
| Jul 8, 4:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Carter, Johnson, Unicoi, Washington | 25 min |
| Jul 8, 4:12 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | Carter, Washington | 3 hr |
| Jul 8, 5:50 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | Polk | 3 hr |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.